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APRD Survey

Dear Users:

We value your contribution to and use of the Arthropod Pesticide Resistance Database (APRD).

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David Mota-Sanchez
Arthropod Resistance Database Director


Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: trialeurodes vaporariorum

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
homoptera aleyrodidae greenhouse whitefly AG cucumber, tomato, ornamentals

Active Ingredient: spiromesifen

MOA: Inhibitors of lipid synthesis, Tetronic acid derivitives
Group: TETR CAS #: 0 Shaugnessy Code: 0

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G14929 2012 Field Evolved Resistance
Germany Karatolos, N., Williamson, M. S., Denholm, I., Gorman, K., ffrench-Constant, R., Nauen, R. (2012). Resistance to spiromesifen in Trialeurodes vaporariorum is associated with a single amino acid replacement in its target enzyme acetyl-coenzyme A carboxylase. Insect Molecular Biology, 21 327-334.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.